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Spectral Theory in Hilbert Space

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126 B. STIELTJES INTEGRALS<br />

We obta<strong>in</strong><br />

n<br />

|s| ≤ |f(ξk)||g(xk) − g(xk−1)|<br />

k=1<br />

≤ max|f|<br />

[a,b]<br />

n<br />

k=1<br />

|g(xk) − g(xk−1)| ≤ max<br />

[a,b]<br />

|f|V b<br />

a (g) .<br />

S<strong>in</strong>ce this <strong>in</strong>equality holds for all Riemann-Stieltjes sums, it also holds<br />

for their limit, which is b<br />

f dg. <br />

a<br />

In some cases a Stieltjes <strong>in</strong>tegral reduces to an ord<strong>in</strong>ary Lebesgue<br />

<strong>in</strong>tegral.<br />

Theorem B.8. Suppose f is cont<strong>in</strong>uous and g absolutely cont<strong>in</strong>uous<br />

on [a, b]. Then fg ′ ∈ L1 (a, b) and b<br />

a f dg = b<br />

a f(x)g′ (x) dx, where<br />

the second <strong>in</strong>tegral is a Lebesgue <strong>in</strong>tegral.<br />

The proof of Theorem B.8 is left as an exercise (Exercise B.8).

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